Here’s what you may have missed this week at iQ Trivia.

WINNERS

If you won this week, here’s evidence just in case anyone doesn’t believe you.

JACKPOTS

They won an early jackpot.

They won a bigger jackpot (with plenty of coins.)

And they won first place AND a jackpot of $213.

TEAM NAMES

Here’s how your wishes would backfire.

I wished for big boobies and got two birds

I wanted to get high and then got stuck on the ceiling.

I wish to be first in the class at everything… first to get kicked out of school, get kicked out of home, get divorced, become homeless, die a painful death…

I wished for luscious hair and my pubes grew two metres

I wish for invisibility… stay invisible forever

I wish to win the lottery and it was the draft lottery

I wished I could fly… turned into a bee

I wished for a healthy kid and got a baby goat

I wished for a nice ass… and got a donkey

I wished upon a star and my feet got burned

I wished upon a fallen star and now the dinosaurs are tar

I wished to get laid and turned into an egg

I wished for a big dick and Barnaby Joyce appeared

TRIVIART

Explosive George

Annoying Flamingo

Dirty Rainbow

Epic Kumquat

Thirsty Mouse

INTERESTING MOMENTS

One of our teams knew they wouldn’t be able to use their first place prize, and donated to another team of first timers who were blown away by the community spirit of our Thursday show.

A team of newbies asked if they were allowed to look up a geography question on Google maps… OF COURSE YOU CAN’T LOOK UP A GEOGRAPHY QUESTION ON GOOGLE MAPS!!!

We listed a number of Wikipedia categories including “Australian test cricket captains” & Twins.  Various teams guessed they all applied to “cricket”, “sports”, and “Australia.”

When we mentioned the Rio Olympics, one team asked if we meant summer or winter.

Two teams asked us to adjudicate a tiebreak as they had both won one leg of their trivia competition, and we dusted off an old lightning round and set to separating them.

And two of our hosts in Canberra got some pretty good reviews on a recent Reddit post.  Though one team mentioned that being friends with the host didn’t help at all.

See you next week.

Here’s what you may have missed this week at iQ Trivia.

WINNERS

If you won this week, here’s evidence just in case anyone doesn’t believe you.

JACKPOTS

These two took out both first prize and the jackpot.

TEAM NAMES

You had plenty of scaled down film titles.

Difference of Opinion at the OK Corral

Ubering Miss Daisy

Permanent Resident Kane

The Man with the Golden Water Pistol

Deadpuddle

Casaoffwhite

Star Wars: The Force Hits Snooze

The Second Last Jedi

12 Moderately Annoyed Men

Love Maybe

Debbie Does Dubbo

Little Trouble in Big China

Ocean’s 6

Soreback Mountain

Planet of the Chihuahuas

Average Fellas

Call Me by your Nickname

Lord of the Rings: The One Tower

Harry Potter & the Quarter Blood Prince

The Devil Wears H&M

49 Shades of Grey

None Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest

Septapussy

TRIVIART

Steamy Dog

Echidna House

Slimy Kill

Seductive Potato

Sparkly Australia

Greedy Nipple

Voluptuous Balloon

INTERESTING MOMENTS

We found out that one team comes prepared with a pencil case specifically labelled for trivia.

What a bunch of nerds!

Some teams answer true/false questions about lightning with one word. Some teams do that AND draw detailed diagrams explaining how lightning works. They also gave us an extensive personal history of Private John Simpson & his donkey.

When being asked for a biblical name beginning with the letter I, one player guessed Ian. (Perhaps because of all those Scotsmen in the Bible.)

One team, when asked what object is named after a Greek word meaning “unbreakable” answered Nokia.

We asked about the unusually tall character played by Robbie Coltrane in the Harry Potter films & one player responded with Harry.

See you next week.

Here’s what you may have missed this week at iQ Trivia.

WINNERS

If you won this week, here’s evidence just in case anyone doesn’t believe you.

JACKPOTS

They won $250 in the jackpot for their expert knowledge on Mad Max films (which is a lot less when split between nine people, but is still worth having.)

These three knew a surprising amount about Harry Potter actresses (and the correct spelling of their names) and took home over $100 despite coming in second last in the quiz.

TEAM NAMES

We sincerely hope you don’t follow any of the rules for horrible people that you mentioned in your team names.

Shouting out the answers at trivia

Lower back tattoos are classy and timeless

Starving African children don’t exist if you can’t see them

Order the lobster and ask to split the bill

Rush onto the train before people get off

Farting in the elevator

It’s totally ok to leave your kids alone in Portuguese hotels

We’re right, even when we’re wrong

Guns don’t kill people, I do

People who clap when the plane lands

Heteronormativity

During a movie is a really good time to check Facebook

Never apologise as it admits fault

Old people should stand up on the bus

Walk into blind people and tell them to watch where they’re going

Microwaving tuna in the office

Disappear when it’s your round

The peak hour train is the perfect place to clip your toenails

Littering creates jobs

TRIVIART

Pensive Handcuffs

Horse Fern

Pretty Fork

Dodgy Ears

Funky Mud

Incandescent Hair

Psychedelic Sydney

INTERESTING MOMENTS

iQ Trivia expanded to New Zealand… sort of.

The cousin of the founder of iQ Trivia asked for advice on how to put together a quiz, and got a whole quiz customised to Kiwi tastes.

One of our quizzes was won by a team of one. It’s rare, but it can happen.

One team immediately got the answer to a bonus question, but their runner showed it to us upside down and was told the answer wasn’t “olləH”. They still managed to return with “Hello” before anyone else could respond.

There were virtually no guesses on one of our bonus questions on toys that had changed colour to be more gender neutral, and when one team was brave enough to venture a guess of the Easy Bake Oven and was correct, half of the room immediately called out “I thought that was the answer!” Sorry. Saying the answer AFTER we’ve given it to you doesn’t get you any credit.

And one of the better wrong answers we got on the new titles of Meghan Markle included the titles of Princess of Rangas & Mother of Dragons.

See you next week.

Here’s what you may have missed this week at iQ Trivia.

WINNERS

If you won this week, here’s evidence just in case anyone doesn’t believe you.

JACKPOTS

These guys didn’t win, but they did take home the jackpot and seemed pretty pleased with it.

TEAM NAMES

Here’s what was in your brutally honest or depressing horoscopes.

You will not win at trivia.

Your parents were too drunk to pull out.

You are average, and will continue to be.

Your will be like a highway, but you’re road kill.

Your love life will suffer when Venus transits through Uranus.

Cancer – You will have a new haircut next week.

Sagittarius – You will be shot with an arrow.

Aquarius – You will drown today.

You are the age of Aquarius, and it’s 110.

The wealth will never trickle down.

You will embarrass yourself yet again.

You can’t catch chlamydia twice.

This week you will be as stupid as you look.

You will meet someone special, but it’s flu season.

You will die alone in your mother’s basement.

You will meet the perfect person. Too bad you’re already married.

You’re going to get a promotion and then your company will go insolvent.

Today your ex will propose to the love of their life, and you will sit on the couch in three day old soiled underwear. Even you cats hate you.

TRIVIART

Rough Elephant

Dilapidated Fornication

Spritely Piercing

Delicious Bus

Aggressive Carp

Angry Apple

INTERESTING MOMENTS

We had to explain to someone that 25 is closer to 26 than 28. Eventually they believed us.

One team saw this picture.

And guessed that it was 10 year old Michael Jackson threatening 40 year old Michael Jackson.

When asked what specific thing DJ Khaled doesn’t do, one team said he didn’t make good music (in addition to not “reciprocating” with his wife.)

See you next week.

Here’s what you may have missed this week at iQ Trivia.

WINNERS

If you won this week, here’s evidence just in case anyone doesn’t believe you.

JACKPOTS

These newbies walked off with a bunch of cash from veteran teams.

TEAM NAMES

Here are the mistaken Google searches you’ve made.

Pubic Relations

Seizure Salad

Ariana Gandhi

Ryan Goosling

Sharknato

3 Wise Donkeys

Llama del Rey

Prince Harry & Megan Market

Penis De Milo

How to knit a butthole

Digeridildo

Prawn Hub

Team Bagpussy

Gangbang Style

Jabber the Nut

Hot Male

CornHub

Micro Orgasms

Libya Majora

The Royal Banking Omission

Reserve Wank of Australia

James Bondage Films

Pubic Parks

TRIVIART

Bubbly Penguin

Feline Jupiter

Jumping Zucchini

Blue China

Yodelling Penguins

Fizzy Spatula

Spicy Eiffel Tower

INTERESTING MOMENTS

One tourist really got into our questions without technically playing, made a donation of $5 to the jackpot.

When asked for territories of Denmark, one team went with Greenland & Häagen–Dazs.

Two teams named Don Bradman as the highest run scorer among active Australian cricketers, even though he’s been retired for 70 years & dead for nearly two decades.

We were asked “is this Bingo” right after asking an audio question.

When asked about the last Australian test cricket captain whose name began with a vowel, one team answered “a big cheating wanker”, which both begins with a vowel, and is a sufficiently accurate description of Steve Smith. They got a point for it.

One player showed us the extent of trivia preparation they went through with the meagre hints we gave. In the end, they decided they benefited not from the hints themselves, but from the inquisitive instincts our hints inspired.

And one player and his Tinder date started playing trivia. He told us “the date didn’t go so well, but that was great trivia.” That led us to consider adopting as a slogan “iQ Trivia… better than a mediocre Tinder date.”

See you next week.

Here’s what you may have missed this week at iQ Trivia.

WINNERS

If you won this week, here’s evidence just in case anyone doesn’t believe you.

JACKPOTS

These guys finished in first place and won the jackpot and still don’t look impressed.

We can’t seem to build up a jackpot at the Occidental because people like this keep winning it on the first try.

TEAM NAMES

Here were the stupid things you were willing to confess to.

I spent half an hour looking for my phone with my phone torch

I got lost on the London Underground because I was following a blind man

I thought the saying was “play it by year” not “play it by ear”

I didn’t realise until three minutes ago that Jackie Chan was a Canberran

I accidentally injected myself with an epi-pen

I thought I would drown if I swam straight after I ate

I thought Kylie Minogue’s name was Kylie Manure before I knew what manure was

I pissed myself on my friend’s sofa next to his dog.

I thought ponies were baby horses

I wipe standing up

I used to think all dogs lift their leg to pee

We thought Trump would get better

I thought bats were mystical creatures (because of Batman)

I thought my bank was honest

I thought little children lived in ATMs and gave you free money

Team Bagpuss once answered the dilemma question with “dilemma”

We’re a team of eight and didn’t bother to think of a team name

TRIVIART

Spiky Light-Rail

Stripy Nose

Strong Goat

Fat Eggplant

Nibbly Cerveza

INTERESTING MOMENTS

When reading out lyrics from Stairway to Heaven and waiting for the first team to recognise them for a bonus question, we got all the way to, “and… she’s… buying… a… stairway… to… heaven.” And still it took ten seconds for someone to come up with the answer. Our host was literally in the process of asking a room full of people “what song might the exact words STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN be from” when the winner emerged.

We asked a question for James Cromwell and one team answered with “the guy who was Jack Bauer’s dad on 24”, and another one went with “the guy who was in Eraser.”

Another team couldn’t remember the name of the family at the centre of the TV series Home Improvement, but got a point for saying “the family where the\ father was always saying “UURRAAHHAA” and got a point anyway.

We asked a true/false question about Shania Twain, and instead correctly of answering false, one team just said “that don’t impress me much” which we interpreted to mean the same thing.

A team that had all had their phones out from the very first question on states within 1,000km of the Hollywood sign answered with San Diego, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Sacramento, and Bakersfield. Then they decided Googling and writing incoherent answers was too much work and quit.

Early in a lightning round, for the letter C, someone guessed that the Chappell and Waugh brothers played rugby for Australia, which was both wrong, and starting with the wrong letter.

See you next week.

Here’s what you may have missed this week at iQ Trivia.

WINNERS

If you won this week, here’s evidence just in case anyone doesn’t believe you.

JACKPOTS

These five knew enough about Maltese pastries to take home $150.

And they correctly estimated the number of All Blacks in 2011 who were under 24.

TEAM NAMES

You came up with plenty of combinations of chick flicks & action films.

10 Things I Hate About Mad Max

An American Werewolf in 27 Dresses

Terminator in the City

28 Dresses Later

Die Beaches

Sex and the Predator and the City

Mad Congeniality

Sleepless in Alcatraz

The Lord of the Travelling Pants

Love Rocky Actually

Bridget Jones’ Predator

Bridget Jones’ Fury

When Dirty Harry Met Sally

Bond’s Notebook

Die Hard with Love and Other Drugs

My Big Fat Impossible Mission

Full Metal Bridesmaids

When Harry Met Django

TRIVIART

Blurry Hippopotamus

Pretty Narwhal

Fast Lager

Gay Plant

INTERESTING MOMENTS

One of our hosts failed at German pronunciation on a bonus question, with birnbrot being said as “burn-brawt”. A native German speaker didn’t understand, though they said they would have gotten it right away if we had pronounced it “bihrn-broat”.

When we asked about the number of holes in men’s belts, half of the room immediately unbuckled their belts.

One team answered a question on whether the Starship Enterprise or the nuclear powered aircraft carrier Enterprise had a larger crew with a specific number, coincidentally the exact number that comes up when you google “USS Enterprise aircraft carrier crew size”. So they cheated, but aside from that, they couldn’t even manage to answer the actual question we asked.

And one of our hosts was described on our Testimonials page as being “the perfect amount of professional with a dash of sarcastic ass.” That’s about the greatest compliment a trivia host can be given!

See you next week.

Here’s what you may have missed this week at iQ Trivia.

WINNERS

If you won this week, here’s evidence just in case anyone doesn’t believe you.

JACKPOTS

These guys won the jackpot, and then immediately donated it back to the jackpot fund.

TEAM NAMES

Here’s your reading list for this winter, full of books with one letter changed

The Holy Bublé

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secretions

A Tale of Two Cuties

The Da Vinci Cod

The Boob Thief

The Red Vadge of Courage

Gone with the Wine

Lord of the Fries

The Green Tile

Catcher in the Eye

Apocalypse Cow

Jurassic Pork

America’s Psycho

The Very Hangry Caterpillar

Don Quizote

Pilates of the Caribbean

The Fart of War

My Sister’s Peeper

Moby’s Dick

Pide and Prejudice

A Tale of Two Titties

Great Sexpectations

Prize and Prejudice

The Puns of Navarone

The Lovely Boner

The Wind in the Pillows

A Song of Rice and Fire

A Bong of Ice and Fire

A Midsummer Night’s Cream

Chitty Chitty Gang Bang

TRIVIART

Scared Desert

Baby River

Green Meerkat

Sexy Blood

Dragon-like Elvis

Flying Horse

Creamy Beer

Salty Llama

INTERESTING MOMENTS

One player complained that they couldn’t get a certain music question because “she’s too old and I don’t care”, and another complained a song released in 2018 was too old because they were only one year old when it was released.

One team claimed they needed a bonus point because one of their players was a girl. They backed off bit when we offered to give another team two bonus points for having two girls. (And they had no response to the fact that another entirely female team won their quiz the previous night.)

We actually had to explain to one team that “Australia” is not one of the five most used letters in the Spanish language.

Someone wanted us to make a music question worth 100 points because it was the first song they recognised.

Another team forgot to stop singing Brick House by the Commodores, and accidentally sang the answer.

One non-player enjoyed our quiz so much that he asked if we could provide questions for his work quiz next week. It was the easiest money we’ve ever made

And one engaged couple asked if we could do trivia at their wedding. Yes. Yes we can. And we are frankly disappointed that this is not ALREADY a thing.

See you next week.

Here’s what you may have missed this week at iQ Trivia.

WINNERS

If you won this week, here’s evidence just in case anyone doesn’t believe you.

JACKPOTS

These four came last in the quiz, but knew more about Sex and the City than anyone else and went home with the jackpot. (We’re always happy when people prove the jackpot round doesn’t require you to be a trivia expert.)

TEAM NAMES

P as in Pterodactyl (at one show, four teams came up with this one)

P as in Pfizer

P as in Psych

P as in Ptolemy

N as in Enchilada

N as in No Fibre to the Node

C as in Sea

R as in Architect

Q as in Quetzalcoatl

E for Longoria

T for Trump’s lawyer got raided by the FBI

D as in Dear John

T as in Thrombocytopenic

K as in Knob

P as in Phlegm

E as in Eucalyptus

X as in Xylitol

W as in Why

and the pick of the week… Y as in Dyslexic

TRIVIART

Smoky Amsterdam

Shiny Nun

Emu Immunity

Explosive Button

Sparkly Bear

Hard Plant

INTERESTING MOMENTS

One veteran team argued so much about a logic question that they forgot to write down a number of fairly obvious answers to a list question.

When asked if certain Australians they had never heard of were alive during WWI, one team of Irish backpackers just picked on answer for all five and got three right.

On the same question, another team posed the philosophical question of “what does it mean to be alive anyway?”

Instead of answering a question on serial killers with Ivan Milat, one team could only manage “the Wolf Creek dude.” Eh. Close enough. Let’s be frank. That was Ivan Milat really.

One team went into such depth on the special subject of Swedish Prime Ministers that they earned a bonus point for the sheer depth of their obscure knowledge and devotion to trivia.

Another team came with a player with a low platelet count, who still insisted on turning up for their regular weekly quiz.

Another team engaged in a long process of elimination on a question where they only had to eliminate one option.

When we asked about Australian apple varieties, one team went with iPhone 6 & iPhone 7.

An ICU doctor failed to get a question on facial muscles. (Well, we guess that doesn’t come up a lot with his patients.)

One of our teams gave us extensive information beyond what we asked for on British royals and on 18^th century hymns rewritten as 70s tunes, and in the tradition of iQ Trivia, got bonus points for it.

And one team who hadn’t done the homework question on days of the week in Korean bought some drinks for a Korean couple who happened to be there, and this same Korean couple read out the answers a few minutes later.

And one of our players told their host after the show… “I really hate trivia but this was excellent.”

See you next week.

Here’s what you may have missed this week at iQ Trivia.

WINNERS

If you won this week, here’s evidence just in case anyone doesn’t believe you.

TEAM NAMES

You’ve got a lot of sinister (and largely medical) jobs.

I deal with weed all day (Gardener)

I go to people’s homes and shatter dreams (NBN Installer)

I shoot horses (Race Broadcaster)

Putting other people’s money in a pile and skimming some off the top.

I sell women (HR)

I fuel alcoholism (Bartender)

I make people choose between their money or their house

I deem things to be correct (Trivia Host)

Dole Bludger

Doctors, your preferred drug dealers

Little human remover (Obstetrician)

I carefully document the way your grandparents are f*cked

Rectal invader (Proctologist)

I’ll put you on a hard table, penetrate you, and look inside (X-Ray Technician)

TRIVIART

Blind Boat

Anal Curtains (or is it Anal Kerr Tins?)

Bulbous Kiwis

Handsome Bollocks

Tumultuous Tegan

Fat Octopus

INTERESTING MOMENTS

A team full of scientists failed to name a single one of the first five elements ending in UM?

When naming countries beginning with the letter G, one team threw out Gryffindor.

Someone who couldn’t recall the title of Zombie by the Cranberries described it as that “IN YOUR HEAAAAAAAAD” song.

And two players tied the record for the furthest distance travelled to attend iQ Trivia by coming all the way from Sweden. We’re sure there was no other reason for travelling to Australia, and are currently considering setting up a Swedish subsidiary.

See you next week.